As more industry comments flowed in on the recent Farm Equipment blogs on the filmed standoff between an Illinois farmer and its John Deere dealer AWH LLC, another Deere dealer doggedly chased me down.
I spent a day and a half at the Dealership Minds Summit in Madison, Wisconsin in early August. It's an annual program for dealerships -- that I believe will benefit all farmers, too.
It’s a pleasure to introduce you to my dad, Frank Lessiter, and what I would call the 5th child in our family, his No-Till Farmer (NTF) publication. I was 3 years old when Dad put out the first edition, and I can’t recall a time when NTF wasn’t a part of the family.
Recent digital technology improvements have spawned the ability to scan entire fields quickly and inexpensively with drones, then provide maps identifying specific weeds and their locations — all in about 12 hours.
The retail market and the auction market are not separate entities; they are intricately linked, influencing each other in a dynamic interplay of supply and demand.
If you or one of your managers left the business today, has someone been identified who’s ready to step up and in? If you’ve been doing your job correctly, the transition to your successor should be seamless and almost unnoticeable.
In early June I had the chance to visit some of my family and friends while also going on a few work-related visits throughout Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. This gave me the unique opportunity to learn more about the rich agricultural history in and around the area where I grew up.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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